JACKSONVILLE – Ottis Humphrey, 82, of Jacksonville, died Saturday, May 9, 2026 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 PM on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at Grants Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Shane Kennedy officiating. Burial will follow at Onslow Memorial Park.<\/p>\n
Mr. Humphrey was a son of the late Lester and Flossie Garrett Humphrey. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Lucille Frances Humphrey; and two children, Timmy Wayne Humphrey and Tammy Humphrey.<\/p>\n
He is survived by his wife, Betty M. Humphrey of the home; son, Danny Humphrey and his wife, Sue of Jacksonville; daughter, Shannon Collins of Richlands; brother, Troy Humphrey of Jacksonville; brother, Gerry Humphrey and his wife, Diana of Swansboro; sister, Peggy Thompson and her husband, Ronnie of Swansboro; sister, Jenette Carson and her husband, Kevin of Fort Myers, FL; granddaughter, Kaitlyn Collins of Richlands; three step-children, Tina Trott of Maysville, Lisa Smen of Jacksonville and Lori Millinder of Maysville; and numerous nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n
Mr. Humphrey was a skilled woodworker and master carpenter. He could build just about anything he set his mind to. He loved being outdoors; either working or just sitting and watching birds, he found great comfort being outside. His greatest joy was his family; he was a loving husband, father, grandfather and brother.<\/p>\n
The family will receive friends Tuesday afternoon, prior to the service, beginning at 12:00 PM at the church.<\/p>\n
Flowers are welcomed or memorials can be made to Grants Creek Baptist Church, 1401 Old 30 Road, Maysville, NC 28555.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE – Ottis Humphrey, 82, of Jacksonville, died Saturday, May 9, 2026 at his home. Funeral services will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-265885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}